Vincent Shen

Vincent Shen (Chinese: 沈清松; 1949 – November 14, 2018) was a Taiwanese philosopher known for his work in Chinese philosophy and in the comparative dialogue between Western and Chinese thought.^[1]

Vincent Shen
沈清松
Born	1949 (1949) Taiwan
Died	November 14, 2018 (aged 69)
Education
Education	Fu Jen Catholic University (BA, MA) University of Louvain (MA, PhD)
Philosophical work
Era	21st-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Chinese philosophy
Institutions	University of Toronto National Chengchi University
Main interests	phenomenology

Biography

Born in Taiwan in 1949, Shen completed his undergraduate studies at Fu Jen Catholic University and his PhD at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) in 1980 on the philosophies of Maurice Blondel and Alfred North Whitehead, before returning to Taiwan to teach philosophy at the National Chengchi University in Taipei for twenty years. He moved to Canada in 2000, where he held the Lee Chair in Chinese Thought and Culture at the University of Toronto, a post shared across the Departments of East Asian Studies and Philosophy, until his death in 2018.^[2]

Shen died on November 14, 2018, after suffering from a major stroke.^[3] He is survived by his wife, Joanna Liu, also a professor in the Department of East Asian Studies of the University of Toronto, a son and daughter, and grandchildren.^[2]